Question
Downhill sports can easily cost you an apple of your eye
without even seeing a mountain. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.Solution
The phrase ‘apple of somebody’s eye’ means ‘the person who someone loves most and is very proud of’. This is incorrect here. This is not correct here. The correct idiom is ‘an arm and a leg’. It means ‘a lot of money’. Downhill sports can easily cost you an arm and a leg without even seeing a mountain.
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